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Join our fun and friendly conversation, and quench your thirst for knowledge about science and nature. No tickets or reservations required, but be sure to get to Dargan's early for a seat and to order your favorite drink and food. At Dargan's Irish Pub & Restaurant, 18 E. Ortega Street. FREE admission.

The Museum’s popular seasonal exhibit Butterflies Alive! returns Saturday, September 22 through Sunday, October 14 in the new Sprague Butterfly Pavilion. The exhibit is open daily from noon to 4:00 PM when the butterflies are most active. Stroll through the Butterfly Pavilion and enjoy our fluttery friends as they float from flower to flower. Then, explore the transformed Museum Backyard and Nature Club House. The Backyard is bigger, better, wetter, more fun and more accessible than ever. Free with paid Museum admission.

Kelp forests are home to hundreds of animal species, and nearly all of these host parasites. All of these species are intertwined in a complex web, which can only be fully appreciated once you recognize parasites. Meet Dr. Dana Morton from the Ecological Parasitology Lab at University of California Santa Barbara as she shares what she has learned about kelp forests by studying the parasites.

Be part of the solution to marine pollution, and join us for the annual California Coastal Cleanup Day, the largest garbage collection event in the world! Support your community, help clean up East Beach, and learn about the effects of marine debris on our oceans. RSVP required, contact Shalina Peterson: speterson@sbnature2.org

Do you have a passion for learning, science, and nature? Would you like to share your enthusiasm with child and adult visitors at the Museum? Are you looking for lifelong learning opportunities and a way to make new friends? Join us at our Docent Open House!

Museum docents are a vital part of our community, as they help lead school programs and adult tours during the academic year and beyond. Becoming a docent requires no prior experience, and we offer in-depth training and all of the support and flexibility docents need to succeed.

Daytime activities
Free with paid Museum admission
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Discover the amazing world of astronomy with a variety of family-fun interactives around the Museum, plus free planetarium shows all day!
NEW Join the 501st Legion, Galactic Academy, and Rebel Legion for a very special opportunity to take photos with some of your favorite galactic characters.

Join our fun and friendly conversation, and quench your thirst for knowledge about science and nature. No tickets or reservations required, but be sure to get to Dargan's early for a seat and to order your favorite drink and food. At Dargan's Irish Pub & Restaurant, 18 E. Ortega Street. FREE admission.

Join our fun and friendly conversation, and quench your thirst for knowledge about science and nature. No tickets or reservations required, but be sure to get to Dargan's early for a seat and to order your favorite drink and food. At Dargan's Irish Pub & Restaurant, 18 E. Ortega Street. FREE admission.

Using the power of focused electron beams, Dr. Daniel Geiger is able to showcase magnified images of insects, shells and more with his magnificent Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)! Join Dr. Geiger for a demonstration of the SEM and learn how it works. Space is limited, sign-up in the Courtyard on Tuesday, July 24 at 10:30AM. Must be 10 years or older.

Richard Louv, author of “Last Child in the Woods” coined the term “nature deficit disorder” to describe how human beings, especially children, are spending less time outdoors. Fortunately, individuals and organizations across the globe are working to remedy this issue through the international Children and Nature Network, a movement focused on connecting all children, their families and communities to nature through innovative ideas and broad-based collaborations.

Join Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History’s Dibblee Collection Manager of Earth Science, Dr. Jonathan Hoffman, on a search for the fossils of gastropods, bivalves, fish, birds, and marine mammals from the late Miocene to early Pliocene epochs (~4 to 6 million years old) at Jalama Beach.

Pre-registration required.
Members $48; non-members $53
Price includes one State Beach Day Pass per vehicle. Participants meet at Jalama Beach, Lompoc.

NASA's InSight mission will be the first interplanetary launch from the West Coast, set for May 5 from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

In preparation for its May launch, the Mars InSight Roadshow is bringing family-friendly science activities to communities throughout California, making comparisons between earthquakes and the marsquakes that InSight will try to detect.

Art Inspired by... is a series of hands-on workshops for adults where science meets arts and crafts. Join us for the second Art Inspired by… workshop focused on creating succulent wall planters made from historic Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Spanish roof tiles. Learn about the Museum’s history and architecture on a walking tour that inspired the craft with Museum Librarian and Historian, Terri Sheridan, and then make your own Spanish tile succulent wall planter.

This exhibition at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History will transport visitors behind the lens of some of National Geographic’s most engaging images. From Steve McCurry’s unforgettable Afghan girl, to Michael “Nick” Nichols’s iconic photograph of Jane Goodall and a chimpanzee, to Thomas Abercrombie’s never-before-seen view of Mecca, the exhibition features 50 of the magazine’s most remembered and celebrated photographs from its almost 130-year history.